Saturday, January 25, 2003

The Internet was attacked by very high traffic caused by a self-replicating software worm program called SQL Slammer. This attacked Microsoft SQL servers, causing them to spray the Internet with more copies of the worm program. This was made possible by a security vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server. The worm attack had the side effect of causing a distributed denial-of-service attack on the rest of the Internet.

Monday, January 25, 1988

Saturday, January 25, 1986

Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a successful 5-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of dates with Dictator Idi Amin's 1971 coup.

Friday, January 25, 1946

Sunday, January 25, 1942

Wednesday, January 25, 1939

Refik Saydam forms the new government of Turkey. (11 th government)

In Paris, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, in response to rumours (which are true) that he is seeking to end the French alliance system in Eastern Europe, gives a speech highlighting his government's commitment to the "cordon sanitaire".

Tuesday, January 25, 1881

Monday, January 25, 1858

The "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter Victoria, Princess Royal to Prince Friedrich of Prussia in St. James's Palace, London.

Tuesday, January 16, 1498 (Julianian calendar)

The English Merchant Adventurers are granted a trade monopoly with the Netherlands.{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|coauthors=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=135–138|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}

Saturday, January 16, 1479 (Julianian calendar)

Treaty of Istanbul between the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Venice according to which Venice will cede Argo, Negroponte, Lemnos and Shkodër, and pay an annual tribute of 10,000 golden ducati. The surrender of Shkodër, after a fifteen-month siege, brings all of Albania under the Ottoman Empire.

Armatus, Byzantine military commander ("magister militum"), is killed by order of emperor Zeno. He is murdered by his own friend Onoulphus after supporting the rebellion of his uncle Basiliscus (see 475).